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J. ROEVER'.

BED. APPLICATION FILED APR. 28, I92].

1 4 24,853, Patented Aug. 8, 1922..

2 SHEETS SHEET I.

ENTOR I INV ATORNEY J. ROEVER.

BED. APPLICATION FILED APR. 28, 192I- 1,424,853, Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

VENTOR ATTORNEY JULIUS ROEVER, OF RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK.

BED.

Application filed. April 28,

To all whom it may concern.

Be-it known that I, JULiUs Ronvnn, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Richmond Hill, Queens County, New York, have invented a newand useful improvement in Beds, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in beds, and more particularly toknock-down beds, or beds of what is known as the threepiece type. Myinvention is particularly applicable to couch beds and the ike, whichcan be used as couch during the day time and as a bed night, and theobject of my invention is to produce a simple, inexpensive, andconvenient structure which enables a bed of the class referred. to to beeasily set up or knocked down, and which enables a knockdown couch bedor the like to be quickly converted, so far as appearance goes, to anordinary type of bed. More particularly my invention is applicable tothe type: of bed having a knock-down frame adapted to support the endsof a coring bed, and with the said ends provided with means for readilyattaching and detaching the headboard or foot-board. All of which willbe more particularly de cribed hereafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar reference characters indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 'l is a broken perspective view of an end portion of a bedshowing my improvements.

Figure 2 is a broken enlarged detail perspective of a corner portion ofthe bed.

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical section showing the connection betweena head or foot board and a part of the bed.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2 but showing the application of myimprovements to a bed having a wooden head-board or foot-board.

Figure 5 isa detail section showing the connection between the woodenand metal parts of the bed, and

Figure 6 is a broken detail perspective view further illustrating theconnection shown in Figure 5.

My invention can best be applied as shown in the drawings, to aknock-down couch bed having folding legs 10, which are pivotallyconnected with rails 11, and these have Specification of Letters Patent.

1 with the bracket.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

1921. Serial No. 465,210.

upwardly and outwardly extending brackets 12 connected by a modifiedbayonet joint 13 with the leg membersth .it is the leg mem ber slidesinto interlocking engagement This is a known construction, and is nothere claimed, and therefore need not be referred to with further detail.On the other hand, my invention while particularly applicable to a bedof this type, is not limited to the particular construction referred to.I

The brackets 12 occur on both ends of the bed, and therefore I haveshown one end only, and it will be understood that by showing theconnection with say the headboard, it will not be necessary to show thefoot-board connection, because both are precisely alike.

The brackets ,2 as illustrated have ledges or flanges ltand 15 spacedapart to support the end pieces 1.6 and 17 of the two fabric bed, whichhas corner pieces 18 to give finish to the bed, and give it theappearance of a box spring. So far as this invention is concerned,however, the corner piece might be on a one fabric bed as well as on onehaving a plurality of fabrics spaced apart.

My invention comprises particularly the connection between the end ofthe bed proper and the head-board or foot-board. As illustrating themanner of carrying this into effect, I have shown each corner piece 18provided with a bracket 19 which has a vertical boreto receive one postof the headboard 21, or the foot-board as the case may be. The post 20extends downward through the bracket 19, has a shoulder 22 which abutssnugly with the top of the bracket, and its lower end is screw threadedas shown at 23 to receive a nut 24; which can be an ornamental nut, andwhich can be screwed tightly on so as to bring the post 20 in place in away to prevent displacement and rattle, while at the same time it makesa good finish to the bed.

It will be seen that in detaching the nuts 24 from opposite sides of thehead-board or foot-board, the latter can be lifted from its seat and setaside, or laid fiat for shipment or storage, while the said head-boardor footboard can easily be placed in position when desired and readilyfastened, and as the bed itself is detachable from the bracket 12, andthe legs 10 are pivotally connected to the rails 11, the whole structurecan be knocked down and laid fiat for shipment or storage when desired,and it can be as readily set up for use.

' In Figures 4 to 6 I have shown how the same idea can be carried outwith wooden head-boards or foot-boards instead of with the metal ashereinabove described wooden head-board and foot-board 21 can bedetachably secured to the bed end in many ways, and a convenient form isillustrated which makes a firm and flat connection between the parts. Inthis form, a flat plate 25 is preferably countersunk in the inner sideof the post part of the head-board or foot-board as shown in Figure 5,and this is screw threaded to receive the thumb screw 25 which haspreferably a washer-like inner end 26 to abut with the web 18 of thecorner piece 18. The web can be transversely slotted as shown at 27 toprovide for any slight adjustment of the head-board or foot- .board onthe bed, and itwill be seen that readily converted from a couch to a bedhav- The ing the customary head and foot boards. It will be furtherobserved that the structune; is simple and strong-and that it makes abed of good appearance, which is a con siderable item in the trade.

I claim 1. A three-piece bed comprising a supporting element consistingof legs, rails anci bracketsrising from the rails and provided withsupporting ledges, a bed bottom having its end rails arranged to lie onthe ledges oi' the supporting element, said bed bottom having bracketsat the ends thereof with vertical bores through said brackets, anddetachable head and :toot boards having their side members adapted toextend downward through the aforesaid bores of the bed bot tom brackets,and means for retaining the head and foot boards in the aforesaid bores.

52. A three-piece bed comprising a sup-' JULros nonvnn.

Witnesses: v

WARREN B. HUroHINsoN M. G. ODoNNELL.

